[cad-linux] Re: Pro/E and CATIA

From what I've been able to figure out from reading about Catia - it is not well
suited for anything related to building or site design and construction

It seems to be geared specifically to product design and manufacturing



David One (dinta1@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote*:
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>Catia compares to acad/icad in a similar way to oranges and elephants...
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>Acad is a drafting package and they've added some boolean solid capabilities
>to it... Catia/Pro/Engineer/Unigraphics, SolidWorks are parametric, feature
>based modelling systems. This meaning that you can make changes to the
>dimensions and design intent that you've built into the models. This
>approach much easier than a boolean based modelling system.
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>>From the model, whether it be a single component or assembly of components,
>the drawing views and dimensions are generated automatically... when changes
>are made to the parts or assemblies, the drawing automatically reflects
>these changes.
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>There are many more capabilities, this is only a very basic explanation of
>the capabilities...
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>Have a look at:
>http://www.dsweb.com
>http://www.solidworks.com
>http://www.ptc.com
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>Regards,
>David1
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>>From: Robert Davis <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [cad-linux] Re: Pro/E and CATIA
>>Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 15:26:57 -0600
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>>I'd be more interested in knowing how CATIA compares to ACAD/ICAD.
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>>Robin Rowe wrote:
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>> >Anyone who can give an overview of Pro/E and CATIA? Why would someone
>>choose
>> >one over the other? Are there other packages I should also be aware of?
>> >
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